Cork-retainer



' yNIT'ED STATES 'PATENT l EEICE.

FREDERICK E. HEINIG AND SAMUEL LEIDIGH, or LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

CORK-RETAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,007, dated February14, 1888.

Application tiled December 27, 1887. Serial No. 259.074. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, FREDERICK E. HEINIG and SAMUEL LEIDIGH, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jeffersonand Statel of Kentucky, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cork-Retainers for Bottles; and we do hereby deelare thefollowing to. be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to that class of corkretainers for bottles whichretainers pass over the cork and down around the neck of the bottle tohold the cork in the bottle against the pressure of gas contained in thebottle; and its object is to produce a complete retainer in one piece ata single punching from sheet material-such7 for example, as tin-and toshape it so that one portion, called a cap,7 may rest flatly over thetop of a cork in a bottle, While other portions rest vertically againstthe sides 'of the head .of the bottle, and yet another portion surroundsthe neck of the bottle beneath the head, having but one pair of ends tobe fastened together.

To this end the invention consists in a corkretainer for bottlescomprising in ope piece a cap, a neck-band, and two diagonally-crimpedside `straps joining the said band and cap, as hereinafter described andclaimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure I represents the blank form of our retainer as it is made bypunching from sheet metal. Fig. II is aside elevation of the same withthe bandhalf bent. Fig. III is a perspective View of the same after theheadstalls are crimped. Fig. IV is a perspective View of the same withthe crimps 'dattened down all ready to be applied to a bottle, and Fig.V :represents our retainer in service on the head of a bot-tle. i

5 represents the cap, which We prefer to make of a circular formsuitable to rest on top of a cork.

6 represents the band, which is of suitable vlength to pass around theneck Vof a bottte beneath the head. This band may have any suitablefastening to keep its ends together when'around the neck of the bottle.IThe simplest fastening whichwe now think of is -represented by thetongue 7 at one end of the band and the eye 8 at the other end adaptedto receive the tongue, the lattertobe bent over back when inserted tokeep it in place.

9 represents the side straps, which connect the sides of the cap withthe band. The side straps rise vertically from the edge of the band at adistance apartequal to half the circumference of the neck of the bottle,and at a point, l0, each makes a right-angular offset toward the otherand joins the cap at its opposite edges. Now the band is. to be bent tothe semicircle of thebottles neck, as in Fig. Il. Then by making adiagonal crimp or fold at the lines ll the cap will be turned to itsupright position, and ears formed by the crimp- In folding the crimpedears l2 down against` l the face of the side strap the fold may be madeexactly at the base of the crimp or above or below it, so that a littlevariation in the length of the side strap maybe made to tit bottles withheads of different heights. A variation of one-eighth of an inch isenough to meet any irregularity in bottles of a lgiven size. By means ofour diagonal cri'mps in the side straps we tip the'cap from its normalplane, which isthe plane of the unbent band, to a plane at right anglestherewith and parallel with the plane of the circle of the band whenbent, thus avoiding the necessity of Ytwoopenings in the band andv twopairs of ends to ybe joined. While We now suppose lthat tin is the mosteconomical material for making our retainers, any other suitable sheetmetal or material may be used. It is not necessary that the crossportion comprising the cap should be-of circular 'form midway. The capmay be lozengeshaped, or even a mere straight-edged crossstrip parallelwith the band. The cap may be perforated, as shown in Fig. IV,` for thead- IOO mission of a goose-neck pipe in some styles of Having thus fullydescribed our invent-ion, what we desire to protect by Letters Patent isthe following:

1. In a bottle-cork retainer, asheet-metal blank comprising in one piecea band adapted to encircle the neck of a bottle and having one pair ofends adapted to be secured together, a cap to cross over the cork in abottle, and side straps permanently connecting two opposite edges ot'the cap with one edge of the band, substantially as shown and described.

2. A blank for a bottle-cork retainer, comprising in one piece a band7 acap located at a little distance from one edge thereof, and side strapseach having a side offset and connecting the cap with the band7substantially as shown and described.

3. `Abott1ecork retainer comprising in one piece a band to encircle theneck of a bottle, a cap to cross over a cork in the bottle, anddiagonallycrimped side portions joining the cap with thebandsubstantially as shown and described.

4. A blank for a bottle-cork retainer having a band, a cap portion, andside portions with 25 angular offsets and adapted to be crimpeddiagonall y at the angle of the Giset,sl1bstantially as shown anddescribed.

5. In a bottle-cork retainer, side straps formed with angular offsetsand crimped di- 3o agonally at the angles and the crimp folded downagainst the strap to bring the two por tions of the strap into line,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures 35 in presence of twowitnesses.

FREDERICK E. HEINIG. SAMUEL LEIDIGH.

Witnesses:

W. D. TYLER, JOHN P. SAoKsLEDnR.

